Indians and the American heritage a centennial tribute
A 1919 Illinois commemoration traces American Indian day from its creation by state law to a nationwide remembrance. The piece honors warriors chiefs and orators from Tecumseh to Logan, notes enduring influence on law language and culture, and cites Logan's famous peace plea as emblematic of Native American histories worth remembering.
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Illinois
Wilagis
Norman BL. Wood
Bancroft
Philip
Wampanoags
Pontiac
Tecumseh
Logan
Red Jacket
Satanta
Running Antelope
Farm practices to raise income and profits
The article notes practices that increase farm income include selecting high yielding seeds, preparing good seedbeds, weed and disease control, proper cultivation, balanced livestock feeding, and livestock disease management. It also cites limestone use, legumes, crop rotation, phosphates, field system layout, drainage, high producing livestock, and expanding business scale to utilize labor and machinery.
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Uiness Survey
Wallace
Parmer
Movable Hog Houses Offer Low Cost Rearing System
Wisconsin Agriculturist reports Kurt Knebel of Towa offers 6 by 6 foot A shaped movable hog houses with board floors at 11.50 each. Each sow lot includes a 5 by 10 foot pen, movable panels, and a pasture run of up to 40 acres with clover and water. Pigs are scrubbed and kept on clean ground to prevent mortality.
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Kurt Knebel
Towa
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Agricultural Hints From the Country Reporter
Agricultural hints cover hay moisture hay heat experiments weed control and crop practices. Notes mention rain and dew aiding hay, wire blight in Hudson valley likely from Japan, thinning apples, removing blemished fruit, ragweed control, pork and pig shortages in Denmark and Germany, double cropping for higher yields, Manitoba wheat fertilizer gains, and Illinois farmer Charles B Shu man selling 475 pigs from SG8 farrowed across 62 letters with 84 percent success.
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Illinois
Charles B. Shuman
Feeding balance of skim milk to grains for growing pigs
The article from Wallace's Farmer explains the proper milk to grain balance for growing pigs. It recommends two to three pounds of undiluted milk per pound of grain for adequate protein and minerals, with three-to-one being often ideal and more than five pounds per pound of grain yielding poorer returns. It suggests self-feeding grain and letting pigs consume as much skim or buttermilk as they will, notes buttermilk's similar value, and warns against switching from sweet to sour milk and the risk of scours in young pigs, especially in rainy weather.
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Wallace
Beekeeping: Replacing Queens and Stores for Next Year
In busy harvest days beekeepers should replace poor queens during light honey flow and provide a honey super and food stores for each colony to ensure strong fall and spring production. If honey flow is not full, early replacements and ample stores boost next year’s crop.
Farmer Hardy Recommends Limestone Use On 1000 Acres
D. M. Hardy an eighty four year old Monroe county farmer last year applied 3400 tons or about 850 carloads of limestone on 1000 acres. He says his experience shows limestone running over several years is one of the highest playing farm practices for modern agriculture.
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Imestone
Prairie Farmer
D. M. Hardy
Monroe County
Amiestone
Transplant Shock in Shrubs Requires Careful Recovery
The Los Angeles Sunday Times notes that transplanting a shrub causes shock similar to a human operation. Roots are cut, cutting its nourishment, so plant food and water must be applied carefully. Ground should stay moist but not waterlogged to aid recovery.
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Los Angeles Sunday Times
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